According to the Spanish “National News” website reported on June 12, when the Philippine fisherman Christopher Rapid was the first to enter the waters of Manila Bay to help his father fish, he was only 10 years old. The waters that landed in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, were very generous at the time, and the fishing nets that were caught were always full.

Today, Rapid is 35 years old and the situation is different. The fishing nets that are caught are still full, but they are all rubbish.

The report said that everything changed in 2013. That year, a dump was opened a few kilometers north of the suburb of Navotas. At that time, Manila’s manila experienced rapid development and urgently needed to clean up the mountains of garbage. According to the results of the 2015 official census of the Philippines, the population of Metro Manila, consisting of Manila and surrounding towns including Nawtas, reached nearly 13 million. Nearly 2 million residents of Manila are concentrated in a small space, and the city is often listed as one of the most densely populated cities in the world.Plastic Recycling Machine

However, it has not only been the population density that has grown wildly in recent years. Greenweal’s Southeast Asian division activist Aviguer Aguilar said plastic pollution in the Greater Manila region is growing. Many multinational companies have put their products in small-packages for single-use use in developing countries, and the Philippines has accepted this consumption pattern. These individual packaging make it easier for low-income people to get products such as shampoo or coffee, but their heavy use has become a nightmare for some national environments. According to a recent report by the Global Incinerator Alternatives Alliance, this package constitutes a major part of the Philippines’ non-biodegradable waste. On average, Filipinos throw away more than 163 million such packages every day, throw away 48 million shopping bags, and throw away 45 million small plastic bags that are mainly used for food.

The United Nations says the ocean is often the ultimate destination for these plastic waste. They can take decades to degrade and affect the survival of more than 800 marine species.

According to the results of the British Ellen MacArthur Foundation, it is expected that the problem of plastic pollution of the ocean will worsen in the future. The output of plastic products in 2050 will be four times that of the present. It is estimated that the number of plastic products in the ocean will exceed that of fish at that time.